From Rabbi Jack...
Psalm {8:3} "When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place, {8:4} what is mankind that You are mindful of them, human beings that You care for them? {8:5} You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor. {8:6} You made them rulers over the works of Your hands; You put everything under their feet:"
In creating man God turned over the administration of His creation to us. David was amazed that God would do such a thing because he felt, as we can tell by many of his psalms, so unworthy. We can all relate to David's feelings of unworthiness because I am sure that at one time or another, we have all felt unworthy. Like David we fall so short at times in our faith and commitment to God. However, God has not given us kingdom authority based upon our worthiness. Judging from the condition of the earth today, the pollution, the destruction of forests for profit, the poaching of animals for ivory and to satisfy people's desire for exotic meats, the killing of whales and other animals to the point of extinction for greed or pride, surely do not credit us with worthiness. No, I believe that God made man ruler over the works of His Hands for the purpose of eventually bringing them to salvation, not of their bodies but of their souls.
It is sad that those of us who have been saved through the acceptance of Messiah Yeshua as our Lord and Savior have to witness what the rest of the world is doing because of their rejection of God. However, the Bible teaches that we need to make such a mess of things, until we come to the point of realization that we cannot rule over the works of God's Hands, that we made a mess of it all. It is then that we will finally turn over what He has put under our feet back to Him in total and complete surrender to His Kingship.
Revelation {21:1} Then I saw "a new heaven and a new earth," for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. {21:2} I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. {21:3} And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Look! God's dwelling place is now among the people, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them and be their God. {21:4} 'He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death' or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." {21:5} He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!"
From Ellen...
Mmmmm…" MEDITATION", what comes to your mind when you hear or read this word? New age, yoga, mantra, clearing one's mind, concentrating on self or an object …all of these once came to my mind until I was saved and focused on my Lord and His Word. When you sit down to read your Bible by NO means clear your mind but by ALL means ask the Ruach, the Holy Spirit, to fill your mind with things that are lovely, noble and uplifting. Ask Him to bring His Word to you and flood your mind with it…ask the Ruach to guide you and instruct you on the journey He would have you go on through the written Word. Our Lord wants us to draw near to Him continually, and especially when reading His Word. "I will meditate on Your precepts and fix my eyes on Your ways." (Psalm 119.15)," Make me understand the way of Your precepts and I will meditate on Your wondrous works (Psalm 119.27). In a biblical sense to meditate really means to think about, to ponder, to mull over the Scripture…even to chew on it! Please do not read with thoughtless intention but read with the expectation of insight, understanding and wondrous enlightenment.
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